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by I_am_neo 2556 days ago
Marty sounds like a big waste of money to me. At the very least they should have made it able to sweep or vacuum up what it finds on the floor.
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Slip & fall claims are a big liability for stores like Stop & Shop. One avoided per year pays for Marty.
Marty seems to be unreliable and produce a lot of false alarms. At some point crying wolf won't be taken seriously anymore and Marty's warnings will be ignored.

An alternative to this is to hire a person to babysit Marty, follow him around the store and whenever there's a real spill to clean it up for him. /s